IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SH.IMLA Cr.MMO No.80 of 2025 Date of Decision: 23.04.2026 ____________________________________________________.___________________

Dr. Dhriti Gupta ……...Petitioner Versus State of H.P. and Others …....Respondents Coram o Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?t Yes.

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For the Petitioner: Mr. K.S. Thakur, Senior Advocate, with Mr.

Vivek Negi, Advocate.

For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal Panwar, Additional CAdvocates General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan and Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocates General, for State.

h None for respondent No.4.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

Petitioner herein, who is Doctor by profession and has been made accused in FIR No.55 of 2024, dated 06.05.2024, registered at Police Station Janjehali, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, under Section 376 of IPC, Sections 6, 17 and 21 of the POCSO Act, and Sections 9 and 10 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, has approached this Court in the instant proceedings filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya